I used to look at your collection of modhats and think 'That woman is insane!' And now I know... not better, but I know why you do it.
Because now you know I'm insane?!! *g*
Trust me, I've learned the lesson of thinking fandom needed a comm and jumping into it only to find out that I was really the only person who thought fandom couldn't live without that comm. *g*
I'm not saying 'don't insist on a meaningful subject line', I'm saying 'If you demand (on threat of deletion/refusal) a specific order to the subject line information, you will lose people.
I agree that being that obsessive will annoy and frustrate many people. That said, I'm anal enough to actually prefer a certain order because it's easier to find the information. (I don't always require it, but I do prefer it. *g*)
For my own fic, whether I'm posting in my journal or to a comm, I generally stick to the same format which I learned from the fandom cradle, so to speak (Fic: Fandom: Title Pairing Rating [Author, where appropriate]) so I'm partial to that format. Sometimes I wonder what people were thinking when they created their subject line, 'cause it looks like the info was just tossed in there willy nilly, and I'm a big fan of order. (That's my issue, I know, and I do try not to force it on everyone else. *g*)
Where I do insist on specific order to the subject line is at various challenge comms, where I think uniformity makes it easier for people to find what they're looking for, and it certainly makes it easier for me to tag, etc.
For example, at smallfandomfest, the subject line should read: Fic/Art, Fandom, Character/Pairing, Prompt. Again, it may be more important (or seem more important to the mod *g*) at a multi-fandom comm than a fandom or pairing-specific comm, but, um, yeah, sometimes I do insist. Though I don't delete posts if they're wrong; I do ask that the subject line be edited, and so far no one's told me to sod off everyone's been willing to play along. *g*
And as an aside, after posting my last comment and then wandering off to do some cleaning, I thought about some of the comms that I do belong to where the mod is VERY strict and basically has a "my way or the highway" attitude, and isn't afraid to tell you so. I'd like to think (maybe incorrectly) that most, if not all, of my requests are 'reasonable', and that I'm polite and understanding of newbies when enforcing the rules.
Though I will also admit that when someone uses the newbie card and says they didn't know, I do have to grit my teeth when politely suggesting that they read the rules on the profile before they post. *g*
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on 2009-08-18 01:52 pm (UTC)Because now you know I'm insane?!! *g*
Trust me, I've learned the lesson of thinking fandom needed a comm and jumping into it only to find out that I was really the only person who thought fandom couldn't live without that comm. *g*
I'm not saying 'don't insist on a meaningful subject line', I'm saying 'If you demand (on threat of deletion/refusal) a specific order to the subject line information, you will lose people.
I agree that being that obsessive will annoy and frustrate many people. That said, I'm anal enough to actually prefer a certain order because it's easier to find the information. (I don't always require it, but I do prefer it. *g*)
For my own fic, whether I'm posting in my journal or to a comm, I generally stick to the same format which I learned from the fandom cradle, so to speak (Fic: Fandom: Title Pairing Rating [Author, where appropriate]) so I'm partial to that format. Sometimes I wonder what people were thinking when they created their subject line, 'cause it looks like the info was just tossed in there willy nilly, and I'm a big fan of order. (That's my issue, I know, and I do try not to force it on everyone else. *g*)
Where I do insist on specific order to the subject line is at various challenge comms, where I think uniformity makes it easier for people to find what they're looking for, and it certainly makes it easier for me to tag, etc.
For example, at
no one's told me to sod offeveryone's been willing to play along. *g*And as an aside, after posting my last comment and then wandering off to do some cleaning, I thought about some of the comms that I do belong to where the mod is VERY strict and basically has a "my way or the highway" attitude, and isn't afraid to tell you so. I'd like to think (maybe incorrectly) that most, if not all, of my requests are 'reasonable', and that I'm polite and understanding of newbies when enforcing the rules.
Though I will also admit that when someone uses the newbie card and says they didn't know, I do have to grit my teeth when politely suggesting that they read the rules on the profile before they post. *g*